Improvement in anchors



F. A. BUCK.

ANCHOR.

N 189,5Q1 Patented Apri117, 1877.

WITNESSES ".PETERS PHOTO-IJTROGRAPNER. WASHINGTON. D\ O.

NI'IED mans FISHER A. BUCK, OF EASTPORT, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ANCHORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 189,601, dated April17, 1877 application filed March 19, 1877.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, FISHER A. BUG]:, ofEastport, in the county of Washington and State of Maine, have inventeda new and Improved Anchor, of which the following is a specification Inthe accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevationof my improved anchor; and Fig. 2, a top view of the same, partly inhorizontal section on line as as, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved anchor by whichthe fouling of the common anchors during changes of tide may be entirelyavoided, and thereby the loss that is frequently caused to ships nets,&c., dispensed with.

The invention consists of an anchor having curved radial arms connectedat the ends by a ring-shaped fluke of proper taper and inclination.

In the drawing, A represents the shank, and B the arms that branch outradially therefrom, being curved upward at the ends, and provided withan inclined and tapering fluke, G, of circular shape, that is riveted,or otherwise securely fastened, to the ends of the arms B. V

The circular fluke 0 may be made of suitable width, so as to impart tothe anchora.

greater holding surface and power of resistance as possessed by the oldstyle of anchor of the same weight, or by the so-called mushroomanchors, especially on soft bottoms, where these anchors will generallydrag. The main advantage, however, of the circular fluke consists in thefact that it will prevent the fouling of the anchor, which forms aserious objection to the common anchor during changes of tide, asfouling causes the vessel to drag, and produces sometimes considerableloss by losing the anchors,or by setting anchored nets adrift, 8250.

As this style of anchor requires no stock it is much easier handled,takes up less room, and can be made much lighter, with fully as greatholding power. Its shape allows its freeing itself from a chain or ropeunder any circumstances, and avoids thereby the trouble frequentlycaused by the common anchor.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent An anchor formed of a shank with radial branching andupwardly-curved arms, carrying at the outer ends an inclined andtapering fluke of circular shape, substantially in the manner set forth.

FISHER A. BUCK.

Witnesses:

N. B. NUTT, E. S. MOGREGOR.

